Plans for After Spring Break in Spanish Class

Do you get a spring break? Whether your school calendar just gives you a long weekend for Easter, or a week off sometime in March or April, coming back to class after an extra day or two can be tough. Especially if you actually took time to turn off that teacher brain! I wanted to share a quick activity or two you could use for after spring break in Spanish class.

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Let’s face it, coming back from break in Spanish class can be… a little chaotic. Everyone’s off their routine, a few are still mentally poolside, and you may or may not have lesson plans printed. (Zero judgment – same.)

One of my favorite go-to moves after a break in Spanish class is to focus on low-pressure, high-engagement activities. Let your students ease back into Spanish with light writing or speaking prompts that invite them to share what they did. Keep it simple. Keep it personal. And bonus: it gives you an authentic reason to revisit key verbs and vocabulary. Use your warm-up to center the day but expand the usual “weather and date” into something more interactive.

A class favorite? Have them draw a mini comic strip of their break. Whether they visited grandma or binged Netflix, it gets them back into Spanish without overwhelming them.

Plans for After Spring Break in Spanish Class

While I would usually start every class with our start of class routine, this looks a little different that first day after break! We still do a quick weather talk and calendar talk, but instead of the brief check in, I like to do something more involved.

Instead, I like to give students a chance to share about what they’ve been up to. Depending on my OWN energy levels and how I’m feeling, I usually pick between one of two options: a writing and drawing activity, or a speaking and writing activity. Let’s chat more about them!

Writing and Drawing for After Spring Break

This writing and drawing activity is great for a quieter, calmer start back to school. I have a few options to choose from so I can use this with all levels that I teach. The options for after break include:

• writing a short paragraph
• writing and drawing what they did (sentence starters given)
• answering questions about what they did

The different scaffolding options make it easy to just print the copies and give them out to different levels. Sometimes, when I’ve had class periods with a wider range of levels within them, I’ll print all the options and let students choose how they want to complete the activity.

If I didn’t get copies made before break, let’s be honest. There is zero way I’m going into school early on the first day back. If that’s the case, I’ll use the Google Slides version instead and just post it in Google Classroom for students to work on it. With this option they can even insert their own pictures (if they want)!

Find Someone Who for After Spring Break in Spanish

If you have a more lively class that wants to catch up and talk to each other after break, or if you just want to get their energy up, this speaking and writing activity is my pick!

If you’re not familiar with Find Someone Who.. it works like a human bingo game. Students find someone who fits the description for each box, then record their classmate’s name!

Just like with the writing and drawing activity, I like to have a few variations to choose from. This set includes:

• 3rd person form (students will have to form the second and first person in their conversations)
• 2nd person (students read and ask each other the questions, but have to form their response)
• 2nd person + a scaffolded response (students ask each other and can check the sheet for help answering)
• images to support understanding

There are a few ways you can have students complete the bingo sheet. Some classes do really well if you just give them time to talk to each other and complete the page, while some need some more structure. A great way to add that structure is with a timer! Pull up a timer on YouTube and give them a minute or two to find someone, have a short conversation, then go find someone else. If they need even more structure, you can have them sit or stand in two circles, and rotate when the timer beeps. It just depends on the class!

After students finish catching up with each other and recording who did what over break, I like to give them a follow up writing activity. This just has students write down who they spoke with and what they did, then has a space for them to write about their own break, too!

After Break in Spanish Class

Of course, you can always choose any of your favorite Weekend Chat options for after break! If you need a few more ideas, you might like my blog post here on ways to mix up weekend chat:

More Spring Activities for Spanish Class

• Easter Activities for Spanish Class
• Semana Santa 1 Day Lesson Plan
• Alfombras de Semana Santa Lesson Plan
• April Fools’ Day
• Earth Day
• El Día de Sant Jordi
• Spring Activities

Turn That Post Break Energy Into Purpose

Now, if your students are bouncing off the walls, or if you are harness that energy! Try a Find Someone Who activity to get them speaking right away. This works wonders after any break in Spanish class because students are genuinely excited to talk to each other, and this gives their chatter structure.

Rotate the prompts to fit your level. Some students might be ready to talk in full sentences while others benefit from scaffolded questions with images. Either way, you’re building confidence while reviewing conversational Spanish in a super approachable way.

Wrap it up with a follow-up journal entry where they write about someone else’s break and their own. It reinforces both the vocabulary and the social connections.

Starting back after a break in Spanish class does not have to be stressful. With just a couple of intentional tools, you’ll ease back in and get students re-engaged, no stress, just Spanish.

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